Sample Research Projects
What kind of research projects do students work on in the Boston University Research Internship in Science & Engineering Program? Here are just a few of the hundreds of exciting projects summer research interns have completed in the past:
Astronomy | Biology | Biomedical Engineering | Chemistry | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Medical Laboratory Research | Physics | Psychology
Astronomy
| Molecular Line Observations of Infrared Dark Clouds |
| Molecular Tracers of Infrared Dark Cloud Cores in the Fourth Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy |
| Temperature Sensitivity of an APS533 3-axis Fluxgate Manetometer for Constellation Pathfinder |
Biology
| Characterization of alpha-v integrin on mixed cells of the embryonic chick retina |
| Cloning rare polymorphisms in the human aldolase B gene and testing their effect on gene transcription |
| Effect of amyloid proteins on podocyte contractility |
Biomedical Engineering
| Double Staining of Rhodamine Dextran with GFN in Retinal Ganglion Cells |
| Identification of Transcription Factor binding sites in the genome of mycobacteria |
| Investigating Characteristics of Transcription Factor Binding in Relation to Structural Binding Domain in S. cerevesiae |
Chemistry
| Middle transition metal complexes of a bidentate fluorinated alkoxide ligand |
| Optimization of the Knoevenagel Reaction |
| Synthesis and Characterization of An N2O Logand Series for MNO Model Compounds |
Electrical & Computer Engineering
| Indoor Robot Localization using sensor networks |
| The Construction of a Digital Tracking Microscope |
| Practicality of Indoor GPS Usage |
Mechanical Engineering
| Creating a Closted-Loop Control of the CVD Process |
| Developing Real-Time Control of Fiber Diameter Distribution in the Process of Electrospinning Nanofibers |
| Spectrum Analysis of Micro-scaled Devices Using an Oscilloscope |
Medical Laboratory Research
| Development of a vitamin D absorption test for patients with inflammatory bowel disease |
| High Throughput Fine Specificity Mapping of Antibodies against B Subunits of Shiga Toxins Type-1 and -2 |
| Determining the effects of Mannose Lipoarabinomannan from Mycobacterium tuberculosis on human and mouse CD4+ T helper cells |
Physics
| Liquid-Liquid Critical Point in Nanoconfined Water |
| The Effect of Stress on Si During Ar+ Ion Bombardment |
| Investigation and simulation of mechanical computing designs to determine dimensions, speed, and stress and strain on various structures |
Psychology
| Effects of Complexity, Contrast, and Size on Bingo Performance in Patients with Parkinson's disease |
| Effects of Delay on Objects Representation in Visual Short-Term Memory |
| The Inversion Effect and Acquired Facial Recognition Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease: Functional Analogs |
